[Sansena]

Anyone have a link that can help me visualize this? My grasp of geometry is pretty pathetic.

[Tom Bloomer]

I'll explain it without using geometry and physics.

No foot no horse.

[Sansena]

You know.. that's really helpful when I'm looking to see how a high lateral wall on random feet affects the landing force and possibly makes a horse forge. And my gawd, there's FOUR of 'em

Guess I should just feel lucky he's still got feet.

[Rick Burten]

Perhaps, though they are just the tip of the iceberg, these will help:
http://www.equipodiatry.com/article_...on_shoeing.htm
http://www.vipsvet.net/articles/biomechanics.pdf
http://www.roodandriddle.com/hoofcapsuledistortion.html
http://www.neverbluefarm.com/article...of%20Angle.pdf
Be sure to check out the bibliographies for more reading.

And, if you want some real headbanging(if you're not well versed in applied physics) reading, start with this: http://www.horseshoes.com/farrierssi...mechanics1.htm and then pull up more of Dr. Rooney's work.

All of the referenced articles should be read several times in order to really understand them. ymmv

[candico]

Appreciated those links. I'd love to see pictures or even better, a video of how a high lateral wall affects the trajectory of the leg, specifically hind. Or even an another article to read!